Ellipsometric determination of the electric-field-induced birefringence of photorefractive dyes in a liquid carbazole derivative

E. Hendrickx; B. D. Guenther; Y. Zhang; J. F. Wang; K. Staub; Q. Zhang; S. R. Marder; B. Kippelen; N. Peyghambarian

doi:10.1016/S0301-0104(99)00049-X

Ellipsometric determination of the electric-field-induced birefringence of photorefractive dyes in a liquid carbazole derivative

E. Hendrickx, B. D. Guenther, Y. Zhang, J. F. Wang, K. Staub, Q. Zhang, S. R. Marder, B. Kippelen, N. Peyghambarian

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We have used ellipsometric measurements on solutions of 2-dihexylamino-7-dicyanomethylidene-3,4,4a,5,6-pentahydronaphthalene and related polyenes in liquid 9-(2′-ethylhexyl)carbazole to measure the electric-field-induced birefringence at wavelengths of 690 nm and 830 nm. This electric-field-induced birefringence is related to the product of dipole moment squared and the polarizability anisotropy, μ²Δα, and to a large extent determines the dye's photorefractive figure-of-merit (FOM). We show that μ²Δα increases with the conjugation length and report one of the highest μ²Δα values observed so far.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	407-415
Number of pages	9
Journal	Chemical Physics
Volume	245
Issue number	1-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0301-0104(99)00049-X
State	Published - Jul 1 1999

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